FCC promotes Sarah Whitesell to deputy chief, Media Bureau … Luis Silberwasser promoted to executive vice president-chief content officer, Discovery Networks International … Among the new board members at Alliance for Community Media: Mark Monk; Barry Verrill; Colin Rhinesmith; Barbara Chisholm; and Erik Mollberg … New Harmonic vice presidents, from its acquisition of Omneon: Geoff Stedman for marketing communications; David Price for business development; Mark Carrington for sales; and Ron Howe for service and support.

Phoebe Yang, FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski’s senior advisor on broadband, to leave FCC in December to lead acquisitions strategy at The Advisory Board Company …Ian Dillner, ex-FCC Wireline Bureau and House Communications Subcommittee, becomes Verizon vice president of federal regulatory affairs … New at FCC Consumer & Governmental Affairs Bureau Office of Native Affairs and Policy: Deputy Chief Irene Flannery, ex-Wireline Bureau Telecommunications Access Policy Division; Senior Legal Advisor Cynthia Bryant, ex-FCC Enforcement Bureau; and Senior Advisor for Consultation Policy Dan Rumelt, ex-senior advisor for outreach in Consumer and Governmental Affairs Bureau … BitTorrent names Shahi Ghanem, ex-DivX, chief strategist and executive vice president of marketing … Richard Chernock, Triveni Digital, elected chairman, Advanced TV Systems Committee Technology and Standards Group, replacing John Henderson, CEA, whose term expires Dec. 31 … Comcast promotes J.T. Ramsay to chief blogger … Longtime New York State Broadcasters Association President Joseph Reilly to step down June 30 … Cable & Telecommunications Association for Marketing hires Mark Snow, ex-Swire Marketing, as vice president and general manager of direct marketing.

News Corp. names Joel Klein, ex-New York City Education Chancellor and Justice Department Antitrust Division chief, executive vice president-office of the chairman … Pac-West Telecom names Todd Wallace, ex-Transcomm Enhanced Services, senior vice president, engineering and network operations … Michael Solomon resigns from World Wrestling Entertainment board.

Association of Public TV Stations names Patrick Butler, ex-Washington Post Co. and chair of Maryland Public TV Foundation, president and CEO … Telcordia board member Garry McGuire moves up to chairman; Patrick Severson, Warburg Pincus, joins board … Entercom promotions: Dave Richard to vice president-programming and operations, Seattle; Dave Miller to vice president-sales, San Francisco … One Source Networks names Gina Nomellini, ex-Telstra, chief marketing officer … New at The Country Network: Chris Butterick, ex-Cumulus, president of TCN Broadcasting; Tammy Genovese, ex-CMA, president, TCN Nashville; Producer Kim Bullard, executive vice president, TCN Nashville.

Among members of revived Administrative Conference of the United States: Jodie Bernstein, Kelley Drye; David Frederick, Kellogg, Huber; Russell Frisby, Stinson Morrison; Randolph May, Free State Foundation; Michael Powell, Providence Equity Partners; Helgi Walker, Wiley Rein … Hearst Television hires Andrew Jackson, ex-BBC America, to return to KITV Honolulu as president and general manager … Cox Media Group promotes Kristin Okesson to vice president and market manager for Connecticut radio stations.

Adam Sharp, ex-aide to Sen. Mary Landrieu, D-La., and most recently at C-SPAN, hired by Twitter as manager of government and political partnerships, a new position and the company’s first in Washington … FTC changes: Edward Felten, ex-Princeton Center for Information Technology Policy, becomes chief technologist; Eileen Harrington returns as executive director … NBC Universal promotes Alyssa Corcoran to senior vice president of communications for TV networks and digital distribution … New senior directors at Turner Sports: Dave Moll, ex-CBS College Sports, hired at NCAA Digital; Alex Vargas promoted at PGATour.com and Justin Williams promoted at Nascar.com … Discovery Communications promotes Elisa Freeman to senior vice president, global distribution and education business development … Changes at Media General: Marilyn Hammond promoted to president and market leader for North Carolina, succeeding Jim Conschafter, named president and market leader for Virginia, Tennessee, replacing James Zimmerman, retiring at year-end; Dan Bradley promoted to president and market leader for Ohio, Rhode Island … Entercom promotes Jeff Brown to vice president and co-market manager for Portland, Ore., radio stations … NBC Universal promotes Lara Spotts to Bravo vice president of East Coast development … ESPN hires Kevin Martinez, ex-KPMG, as senior director of corporate outreach.

New Advanced Television Systems Committee board members: Brett Jenkins, ION Media; Mark Eyer, Sony; and John Taylor, LG Electronics … Turner Sports promotes Mark Johnson, Tom Sahara and Pete Scott to vice presidents for NCAA digital business … Dejero 3G wireless TV company hires Dan Mance, ex-Harris Broadcast, as CEO … SBA Communications promotions: Kurt Bagwell to president-international, and Mark Ciarfella to senior vice president-operations … Women in Cable Telecommunications hires Christina Vergara, ex-NAB, as vice president of education and program development … Changes at Fisher Communications: Chief Financial Officer Joseph Lovejoy resigns effective Dec. 31; Hassan Natha promoted to replace him; George Warren to retire from board when term ends at 2011 annual meeting.

Disney Studios promotions to duties including overseeing cable and online: Janice Marinelli heads North American in-home sales; Lori MacPherson heads global product management; and Jason Brenek heads international in-home sales … Russell Shriver, ex-Level 3, hired by Cenx as senior vice president of marketing and product management … Mark Quenzel, ex-Six Flags Entertainment, named NFL Network senior vice president of programming and production … MRV Communications CEO Dilip Singh elected to board.

David England, ex-Simon and Schuster, joins MPAA in December as executive vice president-chief financial officer, replacing Lisa Pierozzi, leaving for other opportunities … Verizon promotes Bob Toohey to president-global enterprise … Pete Snyder promoted by Meredith Corp. to president of newly created emerging markets group, which includes mobile and social marketing.

Christopher Winfrey, ex-Unitymedia, hired by Charter Communications as executive vice president and chief financial officer … Promotions to Nickelodeon senior vice presidents: Nelson Boyce for ad sales strategy and business development; Katy Loria for digital ad sales; Sharon Cohen for integrated marketing and retail marketing; Samantha Maltin for Nickelodeon global partnerships.